susieqlvn

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1. breast mutilation via dialysis catheter placement

   susieqlvn posted a topic in Patient Safety Issues

   I've never seen anything written about this, so maybe it is just a few certain doctors at my hospital. I work in an acute dialysis unit in a major hospital in Houston. We frequently initiate...

2. Dealing with a patient who verbally threatens you

   susieqlvn replied to Trauma_Team_1's topic in General Nursing

   What the a**hole patient wanted to do was intimidate you. I don't blame you for being nervous and withdrawing from the situation, but from an old granny nurse, if you are ever intimidated like that...

3. Has anyone here ever put a doctor in their place?

   susieqlvn replied to Lachrymologist's topic in General Nursing

   My hero of all time in the nursing profession was an LVN that I worked with. I only wish I could think so fast on my feet as she did, when one of the neurologists, who had to have been the...